World's First Universal Racehorse Identity

GHN
Global Horse
Number

One permanent, portable identifier for every racehorse on the planet — across every country, every registry, every era. 967,150 races. 3.3 million results. No more lost identities when horses cross borders.

548,285 Unique GHNs Assigned
711,247 Source Registry Links
967,150 Races Indexed
3,304,126 Race Results
7,865 Cross-Registry Matches
20+ Countries Covered

Every registry has its own
island of data

A horse born in Ireland, trained in France, and raced in Turkey carries three separate IDs in three disconnected databases. Pedigree researchers lose lineage threads. Analytics platforms can't track international careers. Import/export paperwork multiplies.

GHN solves this with a single, permanent, open-standard number — assigned once, recognized everywhere.

01
Permanent
Once assigned, a GHN never changes. Retirement, sale, or transfer to another country — the number stays constant for the horse's lifetime.
02
Universal
Encoded with country of origin, sex, horse type, and birth year — meaning any GHN carries basic context without a database lookup.
03
Open
GHN is not owned by any national jockey club or commercial entity. It is designed to be adopted freely by any racing jurisdiction worldwide.

Reading a
GHN at a Glance

TRAE015-DAWM
  • Country of Origin TR
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the horse's birth country. TR = Turkey, GB = Great Britain, IN = India…
  • Sex Indicator A
    A = Stallion (entire male) / Gelding, E = Mare, K = Gelding suffix for Arabian breed horses
  • Horse Type E
    E = English Thoroughbred, A = Arabian, K = Crossbred, G = Origin/Breeding register only
  • Birth Year 015
    Last 3 digits of birth year. 015 = 2015. Combined with country prefix, this gives full pedigree context.
  • Unique Hash DAWM
    4-character alphanumeric hash that guarantees uniqueness within the same country/sex/type/year cohort.
TRAE015-DAWM Multi-Registry Match
FATİH AĞA
🇹🇷 Turkey Born 2015 303 starts 47 wins
Found in 2 registries:
TJK Racing Database Turkish Breeding Register
ATAK000-595F Multi-Registry Match
KIM VALKYRIE
🇦🇹 Austria-origin Born 2000 68 starts Racing career in TR
Found in 2 registries:
TJK Racing Database Breeding Register

Three States of Identity

Every horse in the GHN system falls into one of three categories. Each tells a story about where horse racing data lives — and where it's missing.

◆ Cross-Registry Matches

Same horse confirmed in multiple source databases. GHN is the bridge that unifies them.

TRAE015-DAWM 2 sources
FATİH AĞA
🇹🇷 TRBorn 2015303 starts · 47 wins
Racing DB Breeding Register
TRIE001-HX8V 2 sources
KANEKO
🇹🇷 TRBorn 2001250 starts · 45 wins
Racing DB Breeding Register
TRAE998-MTVS 2 sources
ÖZGÜNHAN
🇹🇷 TRBorn 1998237 starts · 45 wins
Racing DB Breeding Register
ATAK000-595F 2 sources
KIM VALKYRIE
🇦🇹 AT-originBorn 200068 starts in TR
Racing DB Breeding Register
TRAE990-KSPK 2 sources
ÇIKMAZ
🇹🇷 TRBorn 1990209 starts · 17 wins
Racing DB Breeding Register
ATIE984-WNMH 2 sources
ESERİM
🇦🇹 AT-originBorn 198443 starts in TR
Racing DB Breeding Register

◆ In Turkish Records Only

Horses with extensive Turkish racing careers — not yet linked to any international database. GHN preserves their identity for future cross-referencing.

TRIE996-5V4M TR Only
TURBO
🇹🇷 TRBorn 1996358 starts · 40 wins
Extensive career in Turkish racing. Not yet matched internationally.
TRAE009-XB9M TR Only
ŞUBATHAN
🇹🇷 TRBorn 2009222 starts · 16 wins
Turkish thoroughbred, no international registry match found.
TRAE005-ZJYV TR Only
GELİBOLU
🇹🇷 TRBorn 2005219 starts · 30 wins
High-volume Turkish career. Unique to TJK records.
TRAE006-7TT3 TR Only
ŞAHDEMİR
🇹🇷 TRBorn 2006218 starts · 18 wins
GHN ensures this record is linkable when global DBs expand to cover Turkey.

◆ International Records Only

Horses from India, USA, UK and other countries tracked in international databases — not yet racing in Turkey. GHN assigned and ready.

INIG900-A7Z4 Intl Only
AABUSHAN
🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Saamidd
International DB
INIK900-7UBM Intl Only
AACWEL
🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Pinson
International DB
INIE900-4T46 Intl Only
AADHYA
🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Leitir Mor
International DB
INIE900-GW9A Intl Only
AAD RITI
🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Knight's Tour
International DB

Racing Nations
in the System

GHN currently spans horses from 20+ racing nations, with Turkey having the deepest coverage due to TJK's comprehensive historical records dating back over a century.

🇳🇿New Zealand201,835
🇿🇦South Africa169,644
🇹🇷Turkey90,018
🇮🇳India65,946
🇯🇵Japan25,876
🇺🇸USA11,589
🇭🇰Hong Kong6,984
🇬🇧Great Britain3,698
🇮🇪Ireland2,631
🇫🇷France1,331
🇨🇦Canada780
🇩🇪Germany454
🇦🇷Argentina102
🇧🇷Brazil88
🇮🇹Italy55
🇦🇹Austria50
🇷🇺Russia47
🇨🇱Chile47
🌍More expandingsoon

Integrated Data Sources

GHN pulls from official and leading racing databases across 6+ countries. Each source is normalized into a common schema, unifying horses, races, results, jockeys, trainers, and tracks under one standard.

Source Country Horses Races Results
LoveRacing New Zealand 250,018 359,388 1,511,443
Raceform South Africa 218,724 560,183 1,319,833
JBIS Japan 50,075
IndiaRace India 32,973 44,096 435,068
HKJC Hong Kong 7,129 2,399 29,043
Equibase USA / Canada / India 40,362 1,084 8,739
UAT Racing / TJK Turkey 65,972 36 yrs domestic

◆ European scrapers (UK, France, Germany, Ireland) — in development  ·  Last updated: March 2026

GHN vs. The Status Quo

Without GHN
Fragmented identity
Each country's ID dies at the border
Pedigree breaks
Imported sires lose lineage threads
Manual deduplication
Same horse listed 3× in 3 databases
No analytics continuity
Career stats reset at every border
With GHN
One number, any country
TRAE015-DAWM works in any jurisdiction
Full pedigree linkage
Sire/dam GHNs chain automatically
Automatic deduplication
7,865 cross-registry matches already found
Global career tracking
From Turkey to India — one record
Self-documenting format
Read country + sex + year from the code itself
Open Standard
No lock-in
Not owned by any jockey club
Backwards compatible
Can reference horses born 100+ years ago
Deterministic
Same horse always gets same GHN
Linkable, not replaceable
Works alongside any existing ID system

Explore GHN

Ready to look up
a horse?

UAT Racing is the first platform to implement GHN at scale — search any horse in the Turkish registry, view its GHN, and trace its international connections.

🔍 Search Horses on UAT Racing GHN Lookup ↗ International Racing Data ↗
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